they aren't there yet though. What are they waiting for? Rescuers are begging for help and satellite phones and the US can't decided whether it wants to accept a Canadian rescue diving team or a Swedish phone system.
People are dying while they dither. Dana On 9/7/05, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I read it as not turning them down, but not letting them come in yet. US > is > letting some come in though, I have heard two mentionings today about the > Mexican Army convoying there with water purification equipment and other > things. > > On 9/7/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > But the problem is still one of coordination. > > > > I bet we have our own water purification system right here....i bet we > > have > > our own helicopters, our own search and rescue diving teams and > generators > > and portable water tanks.......the problem is not resources. It's > command > > and coordination of those resources. > > > > The real question isn't "Why did the US turn down goods and services > from > > other countries?", it's "Why did it take so long for our own abundant > > goods > > and services to reach their destination?" > > > > > oh hey are we ready for another dose of outrage? I always thought it > was > > > third-world countries that did not allow aid to reach their citizens. > > > Among > > > foreign aid that has been pledged and not accepted are a water > > > purification > > > system, helicopters, a search and rescue diving team and generators > and > > > portable water tanks. Nothing that anyone in Louisiana and Mississipi > > > would > > > need.... > > > > > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/06/AR2005090601994.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173037 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
